Evidence for persistence of upper airway narrowing during sleep, 12 years after adenotonsillectomy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-37

  Tasker, C ^b   Crosby, J H ^b   Stradling, J R ^a,b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036461099     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.86.1.34     Document Type: Article

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